2 Corinthians 3:7–16

⁷But if ^pthe ministration of death, ^hwritten and engraven in stones, ^rwas glorious, ^rso that the children of Israel could not ^sstedfastly behold the face of Moses for ^tthe glory of his countenance; which glory was to be ^udone away: ⁸how shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? ⁹For if ^vthe ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth ^wthe ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. ¹⁰For even that which was made glorious ^xhad no glory ^yin this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. ¹¹For if that which is ^udone away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. ¹²Seeing then that we have such hope, ^zwe use great plainness of speech: ¹³and not as Moses, ^rwhich put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not ^sstedfastly look to ^athe end of that which is ^uabolished: ¹⁴but ^btheir ^cminds were ^dblinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away ^ein the reading of ^fthe old testament; which vail is ^udone away in Christ. ¹⁵But even unto this day, ^ewhen Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. ¹⁶Nevertheless ^gwhen it shall turn to the Lord, ^hthe vail shall be taken away.